.. _sphx_glr_api_gallery_statphys_molecular_dynamics:

Molecular dynamics
------------------

The Lennard-Jones gas, Velocity Verlet integration, and Boltzmann's
H-theorem.


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    <div class="sphx-glr-thumbcontainer" tooltip="This example simulates a 2D periodic gas of N=200 particles interacting pairwise through the Lennard-Jones potential">

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  :doc:`/api/gallery/statphys/molecular_dynamics/plot_maxwell_boltzmann_relaxation`

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